There is nothing little about the dynamic fiction-writing advice inside The Writer's Little Helper. With big ideas, time-saving tips, and revision-made-easy charts, James V. Smith, Jr. offers effective guidance in short, easily checklists, Q&As, and practical tools. This book gives you everything you need to:
-Create great characters
-Maintain a compelling pace
-Craft believable dialogue
-Attract agent's and editor's attention
-And much, much more!
The unique format of the book allows you to read from start to finish or to focus just on areas where your fiction needs work. With valuable and surprising tips on every page, The Writer's Little Helper is sure to become your biggest fiction writing aid.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Great Bathroom Book of Advice:
I thought this was a great little book for writers. It offers you solutions to character and plot developement conundrums, presented in small and concise exercises. The author helps you get over obstacles to creating an exciting book, while providing valuable insight into how to present and prepare your book for publication. One of the main points of this book that I found helpful was how the author shared his insight into the publishing world. He explains to readers what makes a book sizzle to... more info
Not the only book you will need but ...:
I would not recommend this as a first book on how to write fiction, or how to write a novel. Its presentation is generally in point form, running to no more then a page of content at a time. As noted in other reviews topics change frequently and do not follow a logical progression. Instead they are random bits of good writing advice. As such I can see this as the book I have beside me as I write to Jog my memory on how to solve a particular problem as it comes up. As a reference I expect it to be very... more info
Great Collection of Writing Tips! Great format for the visual Learner!:
Ok. One of the major complaints of this book is it's format. True, that some of the graphics can become distracting and the organization really needs to be revamped a bit, but if you think about it, it's not all bad. The book is presented in a friendly unintimidated fashion that discusses tips / techniques every 2 to 4 pages. I too agree that there was a disconnect in some of the topics by dispersing the topics throughout the book instead of keeping them organized by chapters. My suggestion to Mr. Smith is... more info
How to write a novel:
James V. Smith's "Writer's Little Helper": The difficulty with a HOW-TO-WRITE-A-NOVEL text is the tendency to drag the reader into either rigid outlines that enslave, or alternatively, suggest the reader embark upon diverse trivialities which separate him from his own power to tell a story. Neither does knowledge of spelling or grammar indicate whether one can tell a story. Does James Smith fall into either of these traps in his HOW-TO? No, definitely not. Smith also does not write one of those... more info
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